Relationship between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: A PLS-SEM Approach.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Dec 27; 13(1)BS

Abstract

The green leadership (GL) concept has significantly gained popularity over the last decade. Consequently, more research has been conducted on this emerging leadership concept, emphasizing leadership styles that promote the green environment so that sustainable goals can be achieved. In the present research, leaders' emotional intelligence (EI) is positioned as a mediating variable between GL and employees' green organizational citizenship behavior (GOCB). The data of this research comprised managerial and non-managerial staff from the manufacturing and service industries. A PLS-SEM was used to evaluate the relationship between the various factors among 422 employees. The empirical findings indicated that GL and GOCB had a favorable and robust relationship. The results of the study also suggested that a leader's EI mediates the influence of green leadership on their employees' green organizational citizenship behavior. Green leadership is essential in creating sustainable environmental behaviors among employees. It can strengthen leaders' EI, which successively helps them to garner positivity and foster an environment of mutual harmony and cooperation in the workplace to support pro-environmental policies. Overall, our study contributes to and advances previous studies and shows that green leadership plays a critical role in influencing a leader's own EI which, in turn, predicts the green OCB of their employees in the workplace.

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Hu X

School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.

Li RYM

Sustainable Real Estate Research Center, Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong 999077, China.

Kumari K

Faculty of Institute of Business and Health Management, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi 75500, Pakistan.

Ben Belgacem S

Business Administration Department, Business and Administration College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.

Fu Q

Department of Business Administration, Moutai Institute, Renhuai 564507, China.

Khan MA

Department of Accountancy, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.

Alkhuraydili AA

Department of Management, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.

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Journal Article

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eng

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36661597

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Hu, Xiao, et al. "Relationship Between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: a PLS-SEM Approach." Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 1, 2022.

Hu X, Li RYM, Kumari K, et al. Relationship between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: A PLS-SEM Approach. Behav Sci (Basel). 2022;13(1).

Hu, X., Li, R. Y. M., Kumari, K., Ben Belgacem, S., Fu, Q., Khan, M. A., & Alkhuraydili, A. A. (2022). Relationship between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: A PLS-SEM Approach. Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 13(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13010025

Hu X, et al. Relationship Between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: a PLS-SEM Approach. Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Dec 27;13(1) PubMed PMID: 36661597.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship between Green Leaders' Emotional Intelligence and Employees' Green Behavior: A PLS-SEM Approach. AU - Hu,Xiao, AU - Li,Rita Yi Man, AU - Kumari,Kalpina, AU - Ben Belgacem,Samira, AU - Fu,Qinghua, AU - Khan,Mohammed Arshad, AU - Alkhuraydili,Abdulaziz A, Y1 - 2022/12/27/ PY - 2022/09/29/received PY - 2022/12/15/revised PY - 2022/12/17/accepted PY - 2023/1/20/entrez PY - 2023/1/21/pubmed PY - 2023/1/21/medline KW - employees’ green organizational citizenship behavior KW - green leadership KW - leaders’ emotional intelligence KW - manufacturing and service industries of Pakistan JF - Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) JO - Behav Sci (Basel) VL - 13 IS - 1 N2 - The green leadership (GL) concept has significantly gained popularity over the last decade. Consequently, more research has been conducted on this emerging leadership concept, emphasizing leadership styles that promote the green environment so that sustainable goals can be achieved. In the present research, leaders' emotional intelligence (EI) is positioned as a mediating variable between GL and employees' green organizational citizenship behavior (GOCB). The data of this research comprised managerial and non-managerial staff from the manufacturing and service industries. A PLS-SEM was used to evaluate the relationship between the various factors among 422 employees. The empirical findings indicated that GL and GOCB had a favorable and robust relationship. The results of the study also suggested that a leader's EI mediates the influence of green leadership on their employees' green organizational citizenship behavior. Green leadership is essential in creating sustainable environmental behaviors among employees. It can strengthen leaders' EI, which successively helps them to garner positivity and foster an environment of mutual harmony and cooperation in the workplace to support pro-environmental policies. Overall, our study contributes to and advances previous studies and shows that green leadership plays a critical role in influencing a leader's own EI which, in turn, predicts the green OCB of their employees in the workplace. SN - 2076-328X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36661597/Relationship_between_Green_Leaders'_Emotional_Intelligence_and_Employees'_Green_Behavior:_A_PLS_SEM_Approach_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -

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